Colorado Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) Second Quarter 2003
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Table 1. MLS Events by NAICS Division
Major Industry Division	Number of Firms*	Establishments with Layoffs	Layoff Events	Total  Separations	Initial Claims
Total	14,329	20	20	8,422	3,002
Total, Private	13,607	19	19	8,172	2,823
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting	137	0	0	0	0
Mining	110	0	0	0	0
Utilities	43	0	0	0	0
Construction	1,575	0	0	0	0
Manufacturing	1,185	5	5	1,770	522
Wholesale Trade	946	0	0	0	0
Retail Trade	1,414	0	0	0	0
Transportation and Warehousing	389	3	3	790	649
Information	411	4	4	565	463
Finance and Insurance	617	0	0	0	0
Real Estate and Rental and leasing	358	0	0	0	0
Professional and Technical Services	1,096	0	0	0	0
Management of Companies and Enterprises	43	0	0	0	0
Administrative and Waste Services	945	0	0	0	0
Educational Services	197	0	0	0	0
Health Care and Social Assistance	1,216	2	2	453	305
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	303	3	3	3,538	510
Accommodation and Food Services	2,119	2	2	1,056	374
Other Services, except Public Administration	473	0	0	0	0
Unclassified	30	0	0	0	0
Government	718	1	1	250	179
Federal	35	0	0	0	0
State	73	0	0	0	0
Local	610	1	1	250	179
Ownership not identified	4	0	0	0	0
*Number of Firms includes only Colorado firms with 20 or more employees.
Table 2. Characteristics of Initial Claims
Claimant Characteristic	Initial Claims	Percent
Total	3,002	100.0
Race/Ethnicity
White/Non-Hispanic	1,745	58.1
Black/Non-Hispanic	171	5.7
Hispanic origin	597	19.9
American Indian or Alaskan Native	12	0.4
Asian or Pacific Islander	153	5.1
Information not available	324	10.8
Sex
Male	1,376	45.8
Female	1,626	54.2
Information not available	0	0.0
Veteran Status
Veteran	262	8.7
Non-Veteran	2,740	91.3
Information not available	0	0.0
Age
Under 30	541	18.0
30 to 44	1,208	40.2
45 to 54	806	26.8
55 and over	443	14.8
Information not available	4	0.1
Table 3. MLS Events by Reason
Layoff Reason	Number of Firms	Layoff Events	Total Separations	Initial Claims
Bankruptcy	1	1	500	444
Business Ownership Change	1	1	100	61
Domestic Relocation	1	1	300	202
Financial Difficulty	2	2	356	285
Import Competition	1	1	400	63
Reorganization within the Company	2	2	670	309
Seasonal	7	7	4974	1030
Slack Work	3	3	780	266
Other	2	2	342	342